Essay - Hillary Rodham Clinton Has Shown Interest in the 2008 U.S....

Hillary Rodham Clinton has shown interest in the 2008 U.S. presidential race. No woman ***** previously been supported for President by one of the major parties. Senator Clinton was ***** first woman elected statewide in New York in 2000, and now, six years later, her ambitions have grown. Her future plans ********** returning to the White House, but as President not as First Lady.

The news of a possible c*****idacy from Hillary ***** in the presidential elections h***** created a medi***** frenzy, polariz*****g the public opinion into supporters and opp*****nts. The subject is a popular and controversial topic at the moment. A nationwide poll taken in December 2005 by CNN/********** Today/Gallup, has shown that 41% of Democrats preferred her for the 2008 presidential nom*****ation. In another poll conducted by the same organizations in May 2005, when general voters were asked ***** likelihood ***** voting for Senator Clinton for president, 29% of respondents were very likely, 24% were somewhat likely, 7% were not very likely, ***** 39% were not at all ***** (wikipedia.org).

After being reelected as ***** York senator in 2004, Hillary Clinton shifted toward the political center, in an alignment ***** c***** also be interpreted as a reconciliation with ***** past. The topic set off a large debate throughout the media and the newer debate spaces, such as ***** blogosphere, as to the Senator's presidential perspective. Hillary Clinton doesn't lack support in this bold enterprise, but ***** ***** her share of opponents. Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is a public supporter of the U.S. Senator in her ***** for ***** White House.

Furt*****more, in February this year, The*****HouseProject.org named Hillary Rodham Clinton one of its "8 in '08," a select group of eight fem*****le politicians who could possibly run and/or be elected president in ***** (wikipedia.org). Hence she enjoys public recognition as an eligible candidate. Throughout her career as a politician she has built a strong im*****ge for herself. All of her successes and failures will ***** brought to ***** if she will be nominated as the ***** ***** ***** the Democratic Party. This is why, for an argument of th***** type, ***** must take a look at ********** l*****e and career of Hillary Clin*****n in order to get a better perspective on her chances.

Hillary Diane Rodham, daughter ***** Dorothy ***** Hugh Rodham, was born ***** October 26, 194*****. She had two brothers, Hugh and Tony, and together spent their childhood Park Ridge, Illinois. After high school she enrolled at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. At this time ***** became active in politics. For a period of time she served *****s ***** ***** the Wellesley ***** Chapter of the College Republicans. Later, her political views became more liberal and she joined the Democratic *****.

***** Rodham graduated from Wellesley in Political Science. In the same ***** she entered Yale Law School. During ***** years at Yale she served on the Board of Editors of Yale Law Review ***** Social Action and was an intern for the children's advocate Mari*****